Can anybody answer a crochet question for me please?

[TooTickyDoves]

I have been teaching myself to crochet using a 1970s booklet my grandmother lent me. The double crochet in there seems to be the same as single crochet which I have just seen on an American website. I don't know if the terms have changed or if they differ between UK and US.....can anybody clarify? Thanks

[mummytosteven]

Yes, the terms are different in the US. single there is double here, double there is treble hear, treble there is double treble here!

[TooTickyDoves]

Oh, thank you! (I read your name as "mummytoseven" and thought Wow, and she has time to crochet too! )

[ejt1764]

here's a good conversion chart for all sorts of things knitting and crochet guild conversion charts page

many of the more modern books have good conversion stuff too - I would happily recommend 'The happy hooker' - simply for the title!

ejt